The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-30
several times, and his head was very re.
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wore an immense collar and his head
I stood in this like an ugly flower with q
white corOlla about IT, He had fair
/ complexion. quick rowing eyes, and no one
/ met him without falling in love with him.
Speaking Of Clay's collar reminds me
I of my first picture Of Abraham Lincoln.
f I took il Just after his election when he
/ passed through New York on his way 10
/ Washington ! was not pleased with the
prospects Of a good picture when | saw
+ him. lie was so tall. gaunt and angular
f that knew 10 would be- hard 70 get "A
natural picture His neck was verv LONG.
and when got him before the camera
asked him II | might not arrange his col
lar. which was just as much too little as
Henry Clay was too biz. With that
began 10 pun the collar upward. and ~
did so President Lincoln said: All / see
You want 20 shorten my neck. That is
just what am trying to do ! replied,
and we both laughed The picture had %
wide sale, and Lincoln afterward spoke Of
me as the man who first introduced him
20 the people
II have taken all the presidents since
Andrew Jackson. % Professor Brady went
on II took JacksOu's picture at the
Hermitage just before he died and ] got
Grant and his cabinet during their admin
istratiou. Ny first picture Of Grant was
taken when he came TO Washington as
general Few people at the c>pltal knew
him. and went down with the newspaper
men 10 identify the great soldier for them.
! had seen his picture, but had not seen
the man There were no officials present
% receive him. and / got a carriage and
we rode down Pennsylvania avenue to-
gether During the ride got promise
from him that he would come the next
day and allow me TO photograph him
He did not come until 4.30 and the light
was so bad that feared ! could not get O
good picture Secretary Stanton came
with him. and the Photographic establish
mont was much excited at the arrival Oh
the two We took half "a dozen different
cameras and trained them upon Grant IN
order 10 get as much as we could out OIL
the fast fadug light / sent German
assistant up tO the roof TO pull back the
skrHlht to- ifs fun length bui the man
was so nervous in the presence
of Grant and so frightened at
the prospect OF losing the picture
altogether That he stumbled on the sky
Ieht. broke it and knocked immense
pieces of plate glass down 10 the room be-
low The distance was considerable. and
had any man been struck with one Of
these pieces Of glass he would have been
killed All in the gallery made cXclama-
lions and fed back TO the walls of the
room except Gen. Grant lie did not
move from bis position, and with the ex-
ceptlon of satrical smile his features
did not change | shall never forget his
c0mpOsuTe nor his face as 10 looked that
day"
"Ths incident" Mr.. Brady went on,
recall, one in connection with Senator
Benton. whose photograph ] took i'm New
York. Benton was, you know full Of
vanity lie was tail and pOnderOuS. and
as he stamped across my studio "a big
paper shade. which was lying horizontally
above, fell and struck him SO that his
head went through 10 like a rider jump
ing through the paper hoops in circus
and The shade caught upon his shoulders
His head looked like that of John the
Baptist ON charger Benton was
frightened 40 first. but when be saw that
hc was not injured he laughed heartily
and sat for hs picture.
who was the greatest man you have
ever pnOi0-ruplcUt
"Tlat Us hard to say, but The man who
impressed inc most was Daniel Webster
Jenny Lind said. you know. when she saw
Webster. that She felt She had seen man;
and Webster. who first heard her sing at
Washington. rose maiesticllly at The close
of her first song and made AN imposing
bow to her. which was the signal for ou-
thusiastic applause. Ny first meeting
with Webster Was on Broadway ] did
NOT know him. bat I was sO struck with
Dol. form and features that followed him
asking every one ] met who he was 4
few years UtcrWard ] became acquainted
with him. and took his picture several
times He was % grand man. intclleciu
ally. physically and physocuomcally.
lie had % grave noble, dignlcd face:
large piercing. dark eyes. fun of ulster,
and % broad. high, fun forehead His
face stood the scrutiny of the camera
well, and be was "a pleasant man TO
meet
II see that Charles Dickens son is in
this country Did you ever take his faith
er'- picture
40. but ] knew him. and tried To ar
range t0 have him lecture 10 America
after he had written the American
Notes which made him so unpopular
Dickens feared he might bee mohbcd il he
came 10 the United States but Horace
Greeley joined with me iu pressing him
90 come. and assured him Doe would he
well treated Then his troubles with his
wife arose and he could not leave. fear
Ing 70 lawsuit The matter was put of
until the war broke out and he could not
come Some years later. when be did
visit the United States, ] met him at a
dinner at Dclmonco's aud / was much
pleased with him ] did not photograph
him because he had cast iron contract
with a London photographer who sold his
photographs and who had contracted TO
take AN hi, pictures
Speaking Of literary men. took Ed
gar A. Poe about forty years ago. when he
was editing % newspaper in New York.
He had come 10 with a friend Who wanted
q dagcrrcOtype taken and he looked
both sad and seedy. His coat was thread